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Chapter 275, Two Foxes

Tsukuyomi World…

The battle between Susanoo gradually came to an end as time passed.

The buildings surrounding the battlefield had been reduced to scorched earth, and a figure dressed in a black robe lay on the cratered ground.

As the dark green chakra dissipated around the masked man, Zhixue, still in the second form of Susanoo, walked towards him step by step.

Those who can create barriers generally have decent sealing abilities, so it's best to be cautious.

Seeing Zhixue walking towards him from a distance, the masked man struggled to sit up from the ground.

"You are indeed quite strong, but your strength lies more in your eye techniques and barrier techniques, which are not very effective against me."

"Do you think these things are useful? It's just that my eye technique is useless to you." The kaleidoscope in the black-masked man's pupils gradually reverted to the three-tomoe state.

The power of the Cursed Flame is extremely destructive. Combined with Dark Release, barrier techniques, and his own excellent taijutsu and ninjutsu skills, he might not be among the top ninjas, but he could certainly have wiped out Konoha if he teamed up with Menma...

boom!

Just as Zhixue approached the masked man, a crimson light flashed from afar, propelling Susanoo dozens of meters before it exploded.

"Looks like you're no good either." Standing atop Kurama's head, Menma chuckled as he looked at his weakened teammate beside him.

"It's just that her stamina is better than mine..." The masked man clenched his fists and said unwillingly, looking at the figure emerging from the dust in the distance.

Ninjutsu was ineffective, barrier techniques couldn't stop Susanoo, and in a taijutsu contest, her opponent possessed divine artifacts. Even her trump cards, the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags and the Cursed Flame, couldn't harm her in the slightest. She was truly completely outmatched...

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!" Zhi Xue smiled as she used Wind Release to disperse the smoke and dust, looking at the Nine-Tails still roaring at her in the distance.

The Nine-Tails? But its chakra doesn't seem very pure.

Menma stood on top of Kurama's head, grabbed the masked man's hand, and their chakra quickly began to flow together.

"Thanks..." Sensing the gradual replenishment of chakra within his body, the black-masked man hesitated for a moment before thanking Menma.

"Ha, you and I are nothing but unwilling people who rebel against fate, there's nothing to be grateful for." Menma said, turning his gaze back to where Shiyuki was.

It can transfer the Great Rasengan, but it couldn't transfer the Tailed Beast Ball this time. So, does that kind of technique really require time to react?

After receiving the Nine-Tails' chakra, the crimson light in the black-masked man's pupils reformed into a clover pattern.

Seeing the dark green armor gradually draped over the Nine-Tailed Fox, Zhixue was somewhat surprised.

"A Nine-Tails in full armor? She actually managed to do it with just a regular Mangekyou Sharingan. That shows great perseverance, big sister."

Zhi Xue stretched out a hand, and a massive torrent of golden chakra surged from her body. A golden beam of light shot straight into the sky, making the entire sky above Konoha seem to be submerged in a golden ocean.

A massive chakra aggregate, similar to Susanoo, appeared within the pillar of light, its nine golden, fluffy tails swung behind it. Sensing the fresh air, the little Nine-Tails roared to the sky.

It feels so good to get some fresh air.

"How can there be two Nine-Tails?" Tsunade was also confused as she looked at the two Nine-Tails, one large and one small, facing each other in the distance.

Sensing that immense source of chakra, Menma's pupils widened in shock.

"How could the Nine-Tails inside her look like this?"

A golden chakra behemoth stood on the land of Konoha. The immense chakra aura emanating from its body was enough to make creatures within several kilometers tremble. Its massive size of 150 meters made Menma's 70-meter-tall Susanoo seem like a difference between an adult and a child.

The masked man looked at the imposing Nine-Tails opposite him and exchanged a glance with Menma, both of them looking puzzled.

Floating inside the Nine-Tails' head, Zhixue also heard the Nine-Tails' comfortable sound.

"After sleeping for so long, I can finally get up and see the world properly. I remember the last time I used my full form was when I was fighting the fishing guy. But it's really annoying to see an imposter standing on the other side as soon as I got up."

"Alright, this is a genjutsu world, so the Nine-Tails is naturally different too. But remember to move the battlefield outside Konoha."

"Alright, just watch my plan!"

The golden nine-tailed fox roared and then sped toward the black nine-tailed fox with pockmarked skin.

Feeling the ground tremble violently, Menma gritted his teeth and charged forward with Kurama.

With a raised hand, Zhi Xue caught the greatsword that Susanoo had brought down, and she also used the tail behind her to push the Black Nine-Tails out of Konoha's territory.

boom!

The Nine-Tailed Fox's massive body crashed onto the mountainside, sending countless boulders sliding down its slopes.

Following an 8:2 ratio, Black Nine-Tails gradually gathered its chakra into a small black ball and launched it towards Zhixue.

Seeing the small black ball flying towards it, the Golden Nine-Tails also charged up its power in its mouth and unleashed a Tailed Beast Ball to deflect the enemy's attack.

"What?!" Menma's pupils shrank as he watched the Tailed Beast Ball seemingly swallowed up. Black Kurama also quickly lowered its head, allowing the Tailed Beast Ball to pierce through the mountain behind it like a fiery red streak of light, flying across the vast Land of Fire and plunging deep into the sea, bursting out with a clearly visible red light.

Looking at the faint red glow rising on the horizon behind him, Mianma also let out a heavy breath.

If he were hit, the consequences would be unimaginable. He really couldn't understand why there was such a huge difference between the two Nine-Tails.

"I'm leaving, Nine Lamas!"

"Ow!"

The golden Nine-Tails gathered its chakra, crawled on all fours, and suddenly swooped down towards the black Nine-Tails.

As the golden Nine-Tails charged toward him, drops of blood dripped from beneath the mask of the black-masked man, and a deep red flame ignited on the greatsword formed by Susanoo.

"Ughhhhhh!" Menma roared, charging towards the colossal creature before him alongside Black Nine-Tails. The ninjas inside Konoha only felt a violent tremor in the ground before falling silent.

"How is it? Can you see anything?" On the rooftop, Tsunade, noticing her palms were slightly sweaty, asked Hyuga Tokuma.

"Lord Hokage, I can't see anything... it's all chakra energy waves. But I trust that Uchiha girl... her Nine-Tails chakra seems to be several times stronger than the masked man's..."

Hearing what Tokuma said, Tsunade felt a little relieved.

I never imagined that such a large place as Konoha would be saved by that little girl who looks less than the height of a wooden barrel...

Chapter 276, Still Water with Complicated Feelings

Real world—

It was still night, and a bright moon hung in the sky. Zhishui lay alone on the tree, recalling the ideas that Zhixue had told him in the dreamlike world, and a deep melancholy lingered in his heart.

Only when the world has experienced a powerful external enemy can nations that have been constantly at war unite as brothers who share weal and woe. Without a source of pressure, even without the Akatsuki, the Fourth, Fifth, and even more Shinobi World Wars would have broken out on this land.

"Does Shisui see the entire ninja world as Konoha, and the ever-fighting Five Great Nations as a conflict between the Uchiha clan and Konoha?" Recalling how Shisui once put on the mask to save the Uchiha clan, Shisui felt a pang of sadness.

Does Zhi Xue really enjoy playing the role of the sinner? And what use is it for him, the well-informed positive character, to know all this? Is he going to tell the other Shadows this verbatim? Obviously, that's impossible.

If lasting peace could come so easily, the ninja world would no longer suffer from the ravages of war.

Just as Shisui was still struggling internally, Itachi Uchiha jumped onto a tree branch next to Shisui in a few steps.

"It's one against seven? Aren't you going to sleep so late?" Shisui scratched his head and forced a smile as he looked at Itachi who had come over.

"I knew you were awake, so I came to see you. I also wanted to hear your thoughts on Shisui," Itachi said seriously, staring into Shisui's eyes.

Although outsiders see Uchiha Shiyuki as an utterly wicked demon with an angelic exterior but a mad interior, Fugaku and others seem to think it's all a deliberate act.

“Shisui…” Upon hearing Itachi mention this name, Shisui’s eyes dimmed.

He didn't know whether Zhixue's actions were right or wrong, but the way she seemed determined to sever ties with him really made it hard for him to calm down.

"It's rare to see the Hokage looking so worried. If you're in a bad mood, would you like a couple of skewers of tricolor dumplings?" Seeing Shisui's expression, Itachi also expressionlessly took out a few skewers of tricolor dumplings from the paper bag hanging on his back and said.

Shisui:…

"Ahem, who did you learn this from?" Seeing Itachi's strange behavior, Shisui sat up straight, took the dessert, and asked somewhat awkwardly.

"It was Izumi who taught me. Whenever I came back from an ANBU mission feeling down, he would always come up to me and cheer me up this way." Itachi replied to Shisui, popping a sweet dumpling into his mouth.

“It’s Izumi…” Shisui smiled upon hearing Itachi’s answer.

Given Itachi's usual aloof demeanor, probably only she would do something like that. But how did she know that Itachi liked to eat tricolor dumplings?

Under the bright moonlight, Shisui and Itachi sat on opposite sides of a tree branch and began to talk about all sorts of things, just like two old friends who knew each other well, leaving all their troubles behind.

When Shisui had calmed down enough, Itachi gradually steered the conversation toward Shisui's opinion of Shisui.

Faced with the question of fighting seven opponents at once, Shisui sighed.

How should we view Zhi Xue? That's a good question, but unfortunately, he doesn't know how to judge whether Zhi Xue's actions were right or wrong...

.........

Tsukuyomi World…

"Tailed beast jade!"

The Tailed Beast Ball that Black Nine-Tails shot out of its mouth was whipped away by Golden Nine-Tails' tail, exploding in the sky like a large firework. Looking at the bright light shining in the sky, Menma also used his hand to block the fierce wind blowing towards him.

A punch landed on Black Nine-Tails' face, the violent shock nearly causing Menma and the masked man to fall off.

"Do you also want to spar with this old man?" Jin Jiuwei picked up Hei Jiuwei's hind legs, spun him around a few times, and threw him towards the distant mountainside.

Even with the armor formed by Susanoo, the fighting power of the two Nine-Tails was not on the same level at all. Feeling dizzy and lightheaded, Menma and the black-masked man also held tightly to the Nine-Tails' fur.

Roar!

Seeing the Golden Nine-Tails continuing to run towards it, the Black Nine-Tails roared and condensed another small black ball in its mouth, which it then launched.

Having dodged the attack of the Tailed Beast Ball, Zhi Xue felt an unprecedented sense of excitement as she watched the violent explosion beside her.

The Nine-Tails runs much faster than Susanoo, and every now and then a Tailed Beast Ball that could destroy a small ninja village flies past it. It's a really strange feeling.

On the wide river, the two giant beasts were locked in a fierce battle. The golden nine-tailed fox pinned the black nine-tailed fox against the mountain wall, and Susanoo's greatsword was firmly held in its jaws, unable to be pulled out even a fraction.

As the flames of Susanoo were gradually absorbed by Shisue, the masked man also detached himself from the top of the Nine-Tails' head.

"Hey, what are you doing!?" Menma's pupils widened in shock as he watched the masked man stepping on the Nine-Tailed Fox's arm and running towards Zhixue.

Seeing the black-masked figure running towards her, Zhi Xue's expression was somewhat surprised.

The Nine-Tails' defensive capabilities are in no way inferior to Susanoo's. What is she trying to do?

Jin Jiuwei glanced sideways at the masked man running up and used his agile tail to grab at her.

As the enormous tail hurtled towards them, the kaleidoscope pattern in the masked man's pupils began to spin rapidly.

Boom!

Zhi Xue was also taken aback when she saw the masked man using Susanoo's arm to block his tail.